Utah offers incredible nearby road trips to diverse destinations like Crater Lake and Seattle. Travelers can explore ...

Millions of years ago, a volcano created Wheeler Geologic Area. We visited the hoodoo-filled landscape and learned what it ...

About 2,000 feet deeper than the Grand Canyon, Hells Canyon was rapidly carved when a lake spilled over about 2.1 million ...

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Yellowstone is famous for its volcanic landscapes, erupting geysers and colorful hot springs. The park is also unique because of the many waterfalls along its rivers and creeks.

Like many prominent waterfalls, those in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone exist because rock layers change laterally from soft to hard. At the end of the last glacial period, about 14,000 years ago ...

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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone video by Kurt Repanshek Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's ...

Picture: Bennington et al., Nature, 2025 An apocalypse named Yellowstone Every 700,000 years or so, the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts. And it does so with a whoosh. Not a bang.

Stephanie Pappas Thu, January 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM UTC 3 min read ...